TABLE OF CONTENTS

RF EXPOSURE SAFETY STATEMENT ....................................................................................

4

FCC AND CANADA RADIO LICENSE INFORMATION ..........................................................

5

FCC NOTICE ................................................................................................................................

6

1.

GENERAL INFORMATION ....................................................................................................

7

 

1.1

INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................

7

2.

ACCESSORIES ......................................................................................................................

8

 

2.1

PACKING LIST ...........................................................................................................

8

 

2.2

OPTIONS .....................................................................................................................

8

3.

ABOUT THIS RADIO ............................................................................................................

9

 

3.1

ABOUT THE VHF MARINE BAND ..........................................................................

9

4.

GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................

10

 

4.1

BATTERIES AND CHARGERS ...............................................................................

10

5.

CONTROLS AND INDICATORS .........................................................................................

14

 

5.1

CONTROLS AND SWITCHES ................................................................................

14

 

5.2

INDICATORS .............................................................................................................

18

6.

BASIC OPERATION ............................................................................................................

20

 

6.1

PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS .........................................................................

20

 

6.2

INITIAL SETUP .........................................................................................................

20

 

6.3

RECEPTION ..............................................................................................................

20

 

6.4

TRANSMISSION .......................................................................................................

21

 

6.5

USA, CANADIAN, AND INTERNATIONAL CHANNELS .......................................

22

 

6.6

SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANEL USE ..........................................................................

22

 

6.7

KEYPAD LOCKING ..................................................................................................

22

 

6.8

NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS ...............................................................................

23

 

6.9

PRESET CHANNELS (0 ~ 9): INSTANT ACCESS ................................................

24

 

6.10

MEMORY SCAN .......................................................................................................

25

 

6.11

PRIORITY SCAN ......................................................................................................

26

 

6.12

DUAL WATCH ...........................................................................................................

27

 

6.13

TRIPLE WATCH .......................................................................................................

27

 

6.14

EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) ........................................................................

28

 

6.15

CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9) ..........................................

29

 

6.16

OPERATING ON CHANNEL 13 .............................................................................

30

 

6.17

OPERATING ON CHANNEL 67 .............................................................................

30

 

6.18

MEASURING WATER TEMPERATURE .................................................................

30

 

6.19 ENABLING S.O.S STROBE OPERATION .............................................................

31

7.

MENU (“SET”) MODE ..........................................................................................................

32

8.

INSTALLATION OF OPTIONS............................................................................................

35

 

8.1

FBA-38 ALAKLINE BATTERY CASE .....................................................................

35

9.

MAINTENANCE ....................................................................................................................

36

 

9.1

GENERAL ..................................................................................................................

36

 

9.2

REPLACEMENT PARTS ..........................................................................................

36

 

9.3

TROUBLESHOOTING CHART ................................................................................

37

10.

VHF MARINE CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT ..........................................................................

38

11.

WARRANTY ..........................................................................................................................

44

12.

SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................................

48

 

12.1

GENERAL ..................................................................................................................

48

 

12.2

TRANSMITTER .........................................................................................................

48

 

12.3

RECEIVER ................................................................................................................

49

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